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Comparative Transcriptomic Analyses Identify Candidate Genes for Convergent Reproductive Shifts in a Bimodal Viviparous AmphibianNARA Subscribed
Shifts in reproductive mode represent key evolutionary innovations that shape species' life histories and evolutionary trajectories. Species showing bimodal reproductive strategies with multiple independent origins offer a rare opportunity to gain insights into the adaptive processes and mechanisms underlying convergent traits. The fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra , is the only amphibian exhibiting intraspecific variatio...
Climate‐informed stock‐recruitment models identify potential environmental links for commercial fish stocksNARA Subscribed
Several studies have demonstrated non‐stationarity in marine fish maximum per capita recruitment rate, which may be linked to regional environmental drivers. Exploring relationships between environmental drivers and time‐varying recruitment rate will provide insight into recruitment processes, and suggest how fisheries managers may adapt biological reference points and adjust harvest‐control rules in response to changes in the...
Impacts of Quaternary Climate History on the Biogeography of Specialized Butterflies in the Great Basin of North AmericaNARA Subscribed
Aim Dramatic Quaternary climate fluctuations impacted the evolutionary history and contemporary biogeography of many residents of the Great Basin Desert of western North America. This study investigates the historical biogeographic processes that shaped the contemporary distribution of genetic variation in a polytypic group of specialized butterflies that are residents of unique dune and playa habitats. Many of the subspecies...
Mixed Support for Pleistocene Sea‐Level Fluctuations in Promoting the Diversification of Anole Lizards in the Northern Lesser AntillesNARA Subscribed
In the Pleistocene, climatic changes resulted in cycles of sea‐level fluctuation that periodically fragmented islands into aggregate island complexes. These temporary saltwater barriers between islands within an island bank had the potential to decrease migration between populations on separate islands, resulting in increased genetic divergence and potentially speciation. In the Lesser Antilles, Anolis lizards (anoles) are dis...
Hydroclimate volatility poses a growing threat to species' persistence, particularly when combined with widespread habitat loss and other stressors. Although the negative impacts of drought on aquatic species are well documented, wet conditions are generally assumed to enhance recruitment of migratory species during freshwater life stages. Life‐history theory predicts that species with multiple migratory strategies should be m...